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مجھ

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Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *मह्या (mahyā). Compare Pahari-Potwari مان٘جھ (māṉjh), Saraiki مَنجھ (manjh).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mə˦.d͡ʒːᵊ/, [mɐ˦.d͡ʒˑə̆]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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مَجّھ (majjhf (masculine جھوٹا, Gurmukhi spelling ਮੱਝ)

  1. water buffalo (adult female)
    Synonym: (Malwai) مھَینس (mhains)

Declension

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Declension of مجھ
dir. sg. مَجّھ (majjh)
dir. pl. مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ)
singular plural
direct مَجّھ (majjh) مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ)
oblique مَجّھ (majjh) مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ)
vocative مَجّھے (majjhe) مَجّھو (majjho)
ablative مَجّھوں (majjhoṉ) مَجّھاں (majjhāṉ)
locative مَجّھی (majjhī) مَجّھِیں (majjhīṉ)
instrumental مَجّھِیں (majjhīṉ) مَجّھے (majjhe)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مجھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • مجھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mahyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मज्झु (majjhu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 (majjhaṃ), from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam). Cognate with Marathi माझे (māj̈he).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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مُجھ (mujh) (Hindi spelling मुझ)

  1. oblique singular of میں (ma͠i)

See also

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Urdu personal pronouns
Person Description Direct case Indirect case Ergative case Dative/Accusative case
1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko),

مُجھے (mujhe)

formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko),

ہَمیں (hamẽ)

2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko),

تُجھے (tujhe)

semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko),

تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)

formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
3rd person proximal singular / informal یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko),

اِسے (ise)

plural / formal اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko),

اِنْہیں (inhẽ)

distal singular / informal وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko),

اُسے (use)

plural / formal اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko),

اُنْہیں (unhẽ)